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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL TALBERT, OF KNIGHTSTOVVN, INDIANA.

WEATHER-STRlP.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 628,420, dated July 4, 1899.

Application filed June 3,1898. Serial No. 682,474. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. TALBEET, a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Knightstown, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Weather-Strip, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in weather-strips.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of weather-strips and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one adapted to be readily applied to a door Without grooving or recessing the doorframe or the sill proper, and capable of automatic operation without the use of a spring to close the space between the carpet-strip and the lower edge of a door as the latter closes.

A further object of the invention isto provide a Weatherstrip which will when a door is opened drop back ush with the upper face of a carpet-strip and not project above the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a weather-strip constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a door, a portion of the door-frame being broken away to show the parts more clearly. Fig. 2 is a central transverse sectional view, the door being closed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View on line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the rockshaft. Fig. Gis a reverse plan view of the outer section of the carpet-strip.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawpet-strip 7, and the recess or space 4, which forms a vertical guide for the weather-strip, is located adjacent to the inner face of the door 3, when the latter is closed, as shown in Fig. 2, in order to locate it the greatest distance. from the weather side of the door, and thereby prevent water from accumulating in the opening or space and causing the parts to freeze or rot. The lower face or edge of the door is horizontal, and the upper edge of the weather-strip is also horizontal and fits tightly against'the horizontal edge of the said door when the latter is closed.

When the door is open, as shown in Fig. l of the accompanying drawings, the upper edge ofthe weather-strip is flush with the upper edge of the carpet-strip, and the lower edge of the strip l rests upon supports 8, preferably consisting of fastening devices, such as nails or the like, disposed transversely of the space or recess 4, whereby the strip is held in a horizontal position and is prevented from tilting accidentally and projecting above the sill.

The weather-strip is automatically elevated when the door is closed bykmeans of a rockshaft 9, arranged in a longitudinal groove of the outer section G of the carpet-strip and provided at its ends with arms ll and l2, arranged substantially at right angles to each other and located respectively at the center of the sill and at one end thereof adjacent to the free edge of the door. The groove l0,

which is formed in the lower face of the section 6, extends the entire length of the same and is provided wit-h a central transverse door with a recess 14, in which is arranged the Y 'upwardly-extending arm l2, and the latter is adapted to be engaged by the door and moved inward, thereby rocking the shaft and swinging the horizontal arm upward to lift the weather-strip. As the weather-strip is lifted centrally it is adapted to tilt on such support to automatically conform to the lower edge of the door should the latter sag on its hinges. The groove is extended entirely across the carpet-strip in order that the device may be readily, applied to right or left hand doors. When the door 3 is opened, the weight of the vertically-movable weather-strip causes it to IOO drop into the recess or space 4, and it carries with it the horizontal arm 1l and swings the upwardly-extendin g arm outward toward the door and holds' it in position for automatic operation.

The invention has the following advantages: The Weather-strip, which is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, is adapted to be readily applied to a door without recessing or grooving thedoor-.frame or the sill proper, it is capable of automatic operation, and etfectually closes the space between the carpet-strip and the lower edge 'of the door, and when the latter is opened the weather-strip drops back flush with the sill and returns the parts to their position preparatory to automatic operation. The weatherstrip by being located adjacent to the inner face of the door is sufiiciently removed from the weather side of the same to prevent water from accumulating in the opening or space and avoidsfreezing and rotting of the parts. The weather-strip is also adapted to adjust vitself automatically to the lower edge of a door,

so as to conform to the same should the door sag on its hinges.

The door is provided at its outer face adjacent toits Yfree edge with a recess 16 to provide a space for the upwardly-extending arm of the rock-shaft, so that the door may be closed properly, and the engaging wall of the recess 16 has a suitable metallic engaging surface, which may be formed by a screw or in any other suitable manner. This construction prevents the door from being worn or giving away at the point where it engages the arm of the rock-shaft.

rChanges in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the. spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is l. In a device of the class described, the combination of a sill having a longitudinal opening or recess forming a vertical guide, a vertically-sliding weather-strip mounted in the opening or recess, supporting devices arranged within the opening or recess at points betweenthe top and bottom thereof and holding the weather-strip normally flush with the upper fac-e of the sill, and a longitudinal rock-shaft provided at its ends with arms, one of the arms being arranged to be engaged by the door and the other arm being located beneath and adapted to lift the weather-stri p,

substantially as described. y

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a-4 carpet-strip composedof inner and outer sections space-d apart to provide a recess and forming a vertical guide, the outer section being provided in its lower face with a longitudinal groove and havinga central transversely-disposed branch communicating with the said recess, a vertically sliding weatherstrip arranged Within the recess and having its upper face normally flush with the upper face of the sill, supports arranged Within the recess between the top and bottom thereof and mounted on one of the said sections to hold the Weather-strip in such position, and a rocl-shaft journaled in the said groove and provided at its ends with arms, one of the arms being located in the said branch and adapted to lift the weatherstrip, and the other arm extendingupward and adapted to be engaged by a door, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a carpet-strip composed of inner and outer sections spaced apart to provide a recess and forming a vertical guide,

the outer section being provided in its lower face with a longitudinal groove and having a central transversely-disposed branch communicating with the said recess, a verticallysliding weather-strip arranged Within the recess and having its upper face flush with the upper face of the sill, and a rock-shaft journaled in the said groove and provided at its ends with arms, one of the arms being located in the said transverse branch and adapted to lift the weather-strip, and the other arm eX- tending upward and adapted to be engaged by a door, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL I-I. TALBERT.

Vitnesses:

L. F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN E. KEYS. 

